“To ensure that Scotland has the broadband services it needs, ambitious targets for the roll out of broadband infrastructure are needed, with a target of delivering a world-class broadband infrastructure to 100 per cent of Scotland’s population by 2020.”

The committee has been taking evidence from a wide range of individuals, communities and businesses concerned about unreliable and slow internet connections.

It found the worst effects were on small and medium-sized businesses outside the main urban centres of Scotland.